We have had a long run of poor winter weather - neither wintry nor very bright so it was a great relief when we had one good day. We resolved to try for a rare duck before heading to the coast. In the event we not only found the Duck but also obtained decent views of the American Wigeon drake through the camera. See opposite. In the company of Eurasian Wigeon the American visitor seemed very relaxed although its attempted courtship of the female Wigeon did not go down well.​Our good fortune continued at the coast where we found a flock of Brent Geese, a locally rare species that we failed to find on our previous visit.

At last a day that looked dry and a bit brighter, so we headed east into Fife. The rain was still falling as we crossed the Tay, so, instead of Tentsmuir, we headed to St. Andrews where along the way it did indeed dry up. As we drove past a field we spotted a large flock of swans - both Mute and Whoopers, so quickly found a parking spot and walked over to the flock. They were busy feeding so didn't pay us much attention, but did walk away from us a bit. Lovely to see adults and a decent crop of this year's youngsters.

​Reaching the coast we enjoyed Stonechats and a Grey Partridge on the Golf Course as well as Fulmars and Scoters.

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Eric & Lesley McCabePerth, Scotland.Having both worked in the computer industry for a number of years we now have time to devote to our passion, namely wildlife photography. We like all subjects but usually concentrate on birds throughout the year, buttterflies and Dragonflies in the warmer months and moths sporadically.